Today, 12 March 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday March 12,2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Al Qaeda 'set off Madrid train blasts'
      242 1 DUBAI Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist organisation has claimed responsibility for a deadly series of bombings in Madrid yesterday and a suicide attack on a masonic lodge in Istanbul two days earlier. "The death squad (of the Abu Hafs Al Masri Brigades)
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      Lock icon Attacks hit stock markets
      104 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks fell sharply yesterday following deadly bomb blasts in Madrid and fears that Al Qaeda was responsible. The technology-heavy Nasdaq ended down more than 1 per cent, notching its fifth day of losses. The Dow logged its largest percentage drop since May
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      A scramble for new blood by all parties
      577 1  -  Elisia Yeo, WITH nomination day for Malaysia's general election set for tomorrow, one thing is certain the search for young blood is a theme which cuts across all parties. Ahead of the day, various parties have leaked or released full or partial
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      39 1 NEWS£yWWS H Standing firm Spores position on Iraq war unchanged/2 Blair, Islamic extremism and the Iraq invasion/4 The tussle for Terengganu/40 mr brown Responsible breeding and filial behaviour/46 REDS HELD I Liverpool face difficult task in Marseille/75 I tr%-\m
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Iraq position unchanged
      498 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Jayakumar tells critics: We are not pro-US, we are pro-Singapore EVEN as the failure to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq casts serious doubts on the credibility of the United States in the eyes of the world, Singapore remains firm that its
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      Opposition MPs rake up old complaints, to no avail
      312 2  -  Ng Shing Vi OLD opposition grouses got an airing during Parliament yesterday, with Mr Steve Chia and Mr Chiam See Tong commenting on electoral boundaries, the GRC system and the unfair treatment of opposition MPs. Mr Chiam complained that his grassroots
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      An apology
      40 2 IN OUR reports, "Lightning strike kills S-League player during training session" and "This one's for you, Jiang Tao", yesterday, we carried a picture that was not of the deceased. We apologise to all parties concerned for the error.
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      Lock icon Madrid train carnage
      257 3 Agencies Thirteen blasts at train stations during rush hour blamed on ETA, more than 200 killed MADRID More than 200 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured in blasts that ripped through four trains during the morning rush hour in the Spanish capital yesterday, ahead
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      SINGAPORE CONDEMNS BLASTS
      57 3 SINGAPORE has strongly condemned the blasts on Madrid's railway network. "We are shocked and saddened by the horrific news," a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said last night. "We extend our condolences to the Government of the Kingdom of Spain and to the families of those killed
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      Lock icon School comes first, politics later, says Anwar's daughter
      150 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The eldest daughter of jailed former Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has dropped plans to contest in the elections fearing she may be expelled from university, a party official said yesterday. Ms Nurul Izzah, 24, (picture) popularly known as
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        Lock icon Blair blames Islamic extremism
        892 4  -  William Pfaff Tribune Media Services International. But is his argument that it is a 'global threat' enough reason to attack Iraq? PARIS British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a major talk last Friday on terrorism and the intervention in Iraq, which was a strange combination of
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Freeing up students, breaking the mould
      487 6  -  Tay Tsen-Waye New NUS admissions criteria more flexible for applicants SHORTLY after being given more free rein by the Ministry of Education, the National University of Singapore is returning the freedom in kind to its students. The university demonstrated its move away from rigidity
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      Lock icon MPA and WDA aim to change perception of maritime industry
      425 6  -  Chan Chao Peh IT WAS a fascination with history that first got Mr Wong Hong Lee interested in working in the maritime industry. As a student, he was intrigued by pictures of tongkangs (bumboats) on the old Singapore River, ferrying
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      Great deals at Creative carnival
      215 6  -  Tor Ching Li BY the time you read this, some 10 lucky fans of Creative Technology's digital lifestyle products would have won the chance to buy the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 60GB at $10, via the inaugural "SMS Star Buys". But for those who
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      Lock icon NTU grads get higher starting pay
      493 8  -  Tor Ching Li Mean increase, compared to 2002, was $690: Survey WITH the economic gloom lifting, last year's batch of fresh graduates from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) not only managed to find jobs, they even clinched higher average starting salaries for themselves. These
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      MDA, voluntary group to be honoured
      207 8  -  Tay Tsen-Waye BETWEEN them, they have clocked more than 10 years of championing responsible Internet usage. And the efforts of the Media Development Authority (MDA) and the Parents Advisory Group for the Internet (PAGi) are finally getting recognised internationally. Tomorrow, the United States-based Wired
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      Lock icon Tourism industry honours its finest
      587 10  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Singapore Tourism Awards fete top contributors to nation's status as world-class destination NOTHING marks the service excellence and achievements of the Singapore tourism industry so much as the annual Singapore Tourism Awards an event that bestows honours on those who have contributed
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      245 6 Study at Australia's leading international University UNSW has asain come out on top in the annual Good Universities Guide. I The guide, described as a 'ultimate reference' for anyone choosing a university course or campus, gave i UNSW seven perfect five-star scores in the national ratinss, the highest number of
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  • HOME FINANCING
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      Lock icon Careful planning and prudence will pay off
      456 13  -  Martha Lee With so many home loons available in the market, it can sometimes be difficult to decide which one really works for you in the long run. In this special three-part series brought to you by DBS Mortgage 1-2-3, three types of
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      Mixed signals from Govt
      414 14  -  Tan Joo Hymn Discrimination based on gender should be prohibited by law WE applaud Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's proposals to give children born to Singaporean women the same rights as to those born to Singaporean men and to give women in civil service the
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      Mencius and the issue of child care
      185 14  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming IN Parliament on Tuesday, the MP for Aljunied GRC, Dr Ong Seh Hong, cited "traditional Asian values" to dismiss the liberal view that having children is a personal choice. He quoted Mencius, a philosopher living in ancient China where
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      Those 90 firms not part of Temasek
      186 17  -  Rachel Lin (Ms) DPM was referring to companies owned by Govt agencies THE report, "90 GLCs to be divested: Govt" (Today, March 11), gave the inaccurate impression that the Govern-ment-Linked Companies, or GLCs, include the Temasek-Linked Companies, or TLCs. We would like to
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      Kudos for HSBC staffer's initiative
      211 17  -  Ms Wbw£ Chit Yu AFTER enduring nearly three months of frustration while trying to get a ticket refund from M 2, the organiser of a Jose Carreras concert that was cancelled last year, I am pleased to report that the problem has been resolved. Although
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      Ban monkey bars to prevent injuries
      145 17  -  William Lee I REFER to your report, "Dangerous child's play" (Today, March 10). My son was also involved in a mishap on the monkey bars when he was in Primary One. He fractured his upper elbow. On the same day that my son was
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Nod for UOB Thai deal
      225 18 Bloomberg Thai central bank approves proposed merger between UOB Radanasin Bank and Bank of Asia THAILAND'S central bank has given its backing to a merger between the Thai unit of United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Bank of Asia, which is controlled by the Dutch banking
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        Lock icon Singapore
        207 18 Dow Jones SHARES ended lower for the fifth straight session yesterday, as a steep drop on Wall Street hurt sentiment on the local bourse, traders said. The ST Index sank 27.24 points, or 1.5 per cent, to close at 1,847.78 its lowest close since Feb 5. Losers led gainers
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        SGX most active
        56 18 By volume Iqua-Terra I'M Tech Bio-Treat UnitedTAC SingTel Pentex-SC Chartered NOL Unified bia Env Close 0.375 0.305 0.855 0.900 2.350 0.310 1.580 1.980 0.495 0.405 Change -0.050 +0.010 -0.040 +0.030 -0.020 +0.030 +0.020 -0.010 -5.5 +1.1 -1.7 +10.7 -1.3 +1.5 +4.2 -2.4 'OOO 49,38' 46,01' 41,261 24,91i
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        SGX top rises
        76 18 jreatEast Close Changi 12.400 +0.101 law Par MatSteel :ht 5.100 +0.051 2.280 +0.051 0.780 +0.04^ :wt 0.560 +0.04^ WJennings AS 2.000 +0.041 ling Inv JE \xis Cathay Org 1.790 +0.041 1.800 +0.041 0.695 +0.03: 0.190 +0.031 iy percentage M Nets Close i 0.025 Changi +25.1 liap Hoe
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        SGX top falls
        82 18 IMH 400USS Close 10.000 Changi -0.801 Venture 19.100 -0.701 F&N 13.700 -0.301 UOB CITYDEV 13.700 6.200 -0.301 -0.201 SPH 18.400 -0.201 STIETF100 18.500 -0.201 KepCorp Want WantUSS fail Want W*****40S$ 7.250 1.260 0.630 -0.151 -0.131 -0.11: By percentage Close Vicplas W*****9 0.005 Goldtron 0.020 Changi -50.1 -20.1
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        World markets
        55 18 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Value *****.04 *****.06 3411.90 6879.11 869.93 879.50 707.74 741.19 1435.07 291.68 Change Pis -136.20 -190.14 -2.40 +4.20 -6.09 +3.67 +2.45 -19.12 -20.60 +3.70 "k -1.15 -1.44 -0.07 +0.0« -0.7C
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 398.900 Silver uss/oi 7.125 Platinum uss/oi 904.700 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 229.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 2005 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.21
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 US$ 0.5839 UK£ 0.3239 Yen 64.7438 HK$ 4.5502 RM 2.2187 Euro 0.4775 Rupiah 5018.25 Baht 23.0127 Peso 32.8478 A$ 0.7831 Indian Rs 26.396 Won 684.7905 C$ 0.7737 Yuan 4.8326 NZ$ 0.8872 NTS 19.4424
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      Lock icon AirAsia on course for IPO
      319 22 AFP M'sian budget carrier to make known listing plans next Friday, says CEO KUALA LUMPUR Air Asia is on track to launch an initial public offering (IPO) to fund its ambitious expansion plan and will make an announcement about it next week, chief executive officer
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      Lock icon Mercury Interactive to invest $60 million in Spore over 5 to 6 years
      161 22 Bloomberg MERCURY Interactive, which makes software that tests the performance of computer programs, will spend $60 million over five to six years to expand its operations in Singapore and boost sales in Asia. California-based Mercury provides customer
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      179 22 AFP Bloomberg PSA Corp said its global container throughput rose 1 8 per cent to 4.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in January and February from the same period a year ago. PSA's overseas terminals moved 1.8 million TEUs, a 29 per cent onyear increase. Mobile One chief executive
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      Lock icon Tan Chong profit soars 21% on higher sales
      273 24 Bloomberg Car distributor expanding in China, Thailand SINGAPORE-listed Tan Chong International, which distributes Nissan cars in Singapore and Thailand, said profit for the last fiscal year rose 21 per cent because it sold more cars and trucks in South-east Asia. The company's
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      Lock icon Global Crossing books historic $42.7b profit, but shares tank
      153 24 Channel News Asia GLOBAL Crossing has posted a quarterly profit of US$25 billion ($42.7 billion) the largest in corporate history and bigger than the combined economies of Iceland, Jamaica and Mongolia. But its stock fell 38 per cent to U5517.82 on
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      Lock icon Optus may sell satellite assets
      111 24 -AFP SYDNEY SingTel's Australian unit, Optus, is considering the sale of its satellite assets to a foreign operator in a deal worth more than Asl billion ($1.3 billion), the Australian Financial Review reported yesterday. The newspaper said Optus, Australia's second-largest telecommunications firm after Telstra, was
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      Lock icon Telstra sale inches ahead
      187 28 AFP But the plan faces rejection by the Australian Senate CANBERRA Australia's Lower House of Parliament yesterday approved a government plan to sell its majority stake in telecommunications giant Telstra but the Bill faces rejection by the oppositioncontrolled Senate. The 150-member House of Representatives passed the
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      Lock icon SEC raps Bank of America
      142 28 AFP WASHINGTON Bank of America will pay US$lO million ($l7 million) to settle charges that its underwriting unit tried to obstruct a probe by stock market regulators into possible trading violations, officials said. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also censured Bane of America Securities
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      Lock icon Boeing ups the ante
      312 32 Bloomberg It says the 7E7 aircraft will be cost effective with a better design BOEING, the world's secondbiggest commercial aircraft maker, said its proposed 7E7 plane will cost much less to produce than the models it is replacing because of advances in design and manufacturing processes.
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      563 36 Dow Jones Its Japan retail fund, to be launched this year, will likely be listed in Spore orTokyo in 5 to 7 years CAPITALAND, South-east Asia's largest listed property company, may spin off its private Japan retail mall fund in five to seven years,
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      545 40  -  Oon Yeoh Swing votes could help Umno regain state from PAS KUALA LUMPUR Another key Malaysian frontline state in the March 21 election is the northern state of Terengganu. The opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) took over the state in spectacular fashion during the last election
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        35 40 AFP In a bid to beat a growing trend towards pre-maritaTsex, Malaysia's opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), is promising easier marriages ahead of the March 21 elections, The Star reported yesterday.
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        53 40 AFP The state-backed Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Sunakam) pressed the government yesterday to charge or release thel 6 alleged Islamic militants who have been on a hunger strike for 1 1 days. The men, are being field under the Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite
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      101 40 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks set for a showdown with labour unions after announcing that plans to privatise the country's largest power producer will go ahead. "Officials will spend one month drafting the privatisation and another month explaining it to workers and
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      273 42 Agencies Ex-President Suharto's party prepares to take on Mega's supporters JAKARTA Campaigning for the Indonesian parliamentary elections began yesterday with the Golkar party of former dictator Suharto seeking to capitalise on disenchantment with President Megawati Sukarnoputri's rule. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) Ms Megawati
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        83 42 Agencies Indonesian Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (picture) submitted his resignation yesterday after failing to reconcile his differences with President Megawati Sukarnoputri. "My relationship with the President has been disrupted. It is becoming difficult to keep doing my job properly," he told a press conference. Mr Yudhoyono
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      156 42 Roh's fate undecided still Agencies SEOUL-A National Assembly session called to impeach South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (picture) was delayed again yesterday as pro-Roh lawmakers tried to physically block the vote. More than 40 members of the Uri Party, loyal to Mr Roh, have been occupying the 271-seat chamber
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      301 44 -AFP Stylish head coverings offer an alternative BERLIN Muslim headscarves? Ms Emel Algan, a Turkish Berliner, prefers the term "head coverings". Particularly when the head coverings project an individual style, resembling a trendy Peruvian knit cap or an elegant green, felt bonnet Ms Algan, 43, sees the new
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      1104 46  -  mr brown No, only children to love, promises to keep and miles to go before we sleep LAST night, my four-month-old son, Isaac, smiled at me. My wife says that he seems to smile more when he sees me, so I must have a funny face. Mum is
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      903 50  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Government considers school to help young artists shoot for the stars ADVOCATES of a high school for the arts in Singapore believe the "timing is right" to nurture the talents vital to a would-be arts capital. But sceptics are concerned that it could ironically spell the
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      481 54  -  Teo Hwee Nak Singaporeans shine in British universities hweenak@newstoday.com.sg FOR the first time in five years, the number of Singaporeans flocking to British universities has gone up. And no one is happier to see the reversal of the downward trend than the university administrators and staff for
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        436 56  -  Yong Shu Chiang i thriller is predictable^ Ifcrtingly so 1 TUSTICE isn't blind. In fact, the way cynical iry consultant Rankin itch (Gene Hackman) ees it, justice has an eye ior overweight women. Fat women jurors are hamfisted and have no sympathy for victims, Rankin sneers, while
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        356 58 Risque jokes, in-your-face effects drag Dr Seuss update into gutter BEING accosted by a giant talking cat, hat or no hat, is scary enough. If the creature is out-of-control funnyman Mike Myers, a repressed stand-up comic trapped in a big cat suit, the situation is even worse. The
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        241 60  -  WENDY CHENG Murphy delivers in mediocre comedy IF YOU'RE a guy looking to take your date to a scary movie so she'll bury her face in your manly chest, don't be fooled by the title, Haunted Mansion. Your girlfriend would more likely laugh than scream. With Eddie Murphy
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        207 60  -  YONG SHU CHIANG AS TOM Cruise proved in Rain Man, long-lost brothers can be pretty handy in a pinch. Cruise's mercenary character used his autistic older brother to cheat at a casino. Here, jaded paparazzo Sangwu (Lee Jungjae) tracks down his 12-year-old brother, Bonggu (Lee Beomsu) who looks
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        A pointed educational film
        197 62  -  WENDY CHENG SO, THIS is what Singaporean youth are really like. I guess we can forget all about Royston Tan's 15 now. After School is a locally-made featurelength film commissioned by the National Crime Prevention Council, starring MediaCorp artiste Jacelyn Tay and a former colleague of
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